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Erik De La Cueva

3×3 · top 29.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015CUEV01

Erik De La Cueva has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.48, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019, puts him in the top 29.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,110th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since April 2015, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.21 in April 2015 to 16.48, a 26% improvement. Erik has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 29.3% of 284,439 all-time
16.48
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.4818.46
top 29.3%16,110 / 59,724
2×24.596.48
top 34.1%13,579 / 40,951
4×41:20.211:25.21
top 56.1%9,623 / 19,072
Pyraminx13.1315.52
top 73.6%21,818 / 28,708

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015: 22.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019: 16.4816.4822.2118 Apr 201518 Aug 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.